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tearful

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tear·ful  (tîrfl)
adj.
1. Filled with or accompanied by tears: tearful eyes; a tearful farewell.
2. So piteous as to excite tears: a tearful melodrama.

tearful·ly adv.
tearful·ness n.

tearful
Adjective
weeping or about to weep
tearfully adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tearful - filled with or marked by tears; "tearful eyes"; "tearful entreaties"
dry-eyed, tearless - free from tears
2.tearfultearful - showing sorrow
sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13

tearful
adjective 1. weeping, crying, sobbing, in tears, whimpering, blubbering, weepy (informal) lachrymose
Translations
Spanish tearful [ˈtɪəful] adjlloroso
French tearful [ˈtɪəful] adjlarmoyant(e)
German tearful [ˈtɪəful] tear2 adj [person] → weinend; [face] → tränenüberströmt
Italian tearful [ˈtɪəful] adjpiangente, lacrimoso/a

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One dwells in lonely places, Newly with grass o'ergrown; some solemn graces, Some human memories and tearful lore, Render him terrorless: his name's "No More.
As Marilla watched the bright, animated face and graceful motions her thoughts went back to the evening Anne had arrived at Green Gables, and memory recalled a vivid picture of the odd, frightened child in her preposterous yellowish-brown wincey dress, the heartbreak looking out of her tearful eyes.
After the second act I left Lena in tearful contemplation of the ceiling, and went out into the lobby to smoke.
 
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